Board of Directors
Through the Board of Directors, Advisory Boards, and Committees and Workgroups, BHN forms the foundation for collaboration dedicated to developing an accessible and coordinated system of behavioral healthcare.
BHN GOVERNING BOARD
The Board is the governing body of BHN and is comprised of area leaders in acute and community based mental health and substance use care provision, advocacy, and state government. Directors serve two-year terms and may be re-elected for consecutive terms.
Executive Committee
Patty Morrow, CHAIR
Executive Director BH
Mercy Hospital
Kevin Drollinger, VICE-CHAIR
Executive Director
Provident Behavioral Health
Trish Holmes, Treasurer
Executive Director
Independence Center
Katrina Mcdonald-Fuller, Secretary
Executive Vice President of Corporate Services
Compass Health Network
Tony Hilkin
Chief Executive Officer
Places for People
JENNY ARMBRUSTER
Associate Executive Director
PreventED
ARAMIDE AYORINDE
Chief Executive Officer
Family Care Health Centers
JASON BAKER
Executive Director
Monarch Immigrant Services
Kimberly Beck
Executive Director
Salvation Army
Rachael Bersdale
Executive Director
BJC Behavioral Health
MARY MICHAELEEN CRADOCK
Director of BH Services
Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
Anthony D'Agostino
Chief Executive Officer
Peter & Paul Community Services
STEVE DOHERTY
Regional Director
Gateway Foundation
Becky Dvorak
Regional Vice President
SSM Health
Annie Foncannon
Executive Director
Franklin County Community Resource Center
Zhanna Keeton
CEO and Executive Director
Center for Life Solutions
Brianna Massie
Sr. Managing Director
Concordance
Quincey McCoy
Executive Director
ADAPT of Missouri, Inc.
CHRISTINE PATTERSON
Executive Director
NAMI St. Louis
Juee Phalak
Director of Behavioral Health
Affinia Healthcare
ROB POIRIER
Clinical, Chief Emergency Medicine
Washington, University, School of Medicine
Riisa Rawlins
Chief Executive Officer
CHCM
BETH SAILORS
Vice President
Preferred Family Healthcare
SHARON SPRUELL
Executive Director
Queen of Peace Center
CHRIS STEPHEN
Chief Executive Officer
St. Patrick Center
Lindsey Stephenson
President
KVC Missouri
Moses Waithaka
Vice President of Operations
Peoples Health Center
Tigre' Wiley
Patient Care Director
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Advisory Board Chairs
Jennifer Higginbotham (Adult)
Chief Program Officer
Independence Center
Annie Foncannon (YOUTH)
Executive Director
Franklin Co. Community Resource Center
Ex-Officio Members
Kim Feaman
Regional Executive Officer
Department of Mental Health
JOANNE JOSEPH
Director MH Operations
Veterans Administration
SARAH LEE
Regional Behavioral Health Specialist
Department of Corrections
WENDY ORSON
Chief Executive Officer
Behavioral Health Network
BHN ADVISORY BOARDS
Adult Services Advisory Board
ASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target adults, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, consumers, law enforcement, advocates, courts, funders, family members, and others serving the behavioral health community. Members can serve two three-year terms.
Jennifer Higginbotham, Chair
Independence Center
Rajeev John, Co-Chair
Affinia Healthcare
Regina Askew
Care St. Louis Health
Scott Bayliff
Adapt of Missouri
Jamie Bartin
Compass Health
Johnathan Belcher
St. Patrick Center
Karen Bradshaw
Integrated Health Network (IHN)
Katie Brown
MIMH
Paula Carey-Moore
Urban League of Metro St. Louis
Kelli Clodfelter
Warren County Pathfinders
Laura Coleman
Behavioral Health Response (BHR)
Megan Drissell
Mercy Jefferson Community Health
Chris Elliott
St. Louis County Department of Health
LaDonna Haley
Mental Health America
Jennifer Higginbotham
Independence Center
Sean Joe
Washington University – Brown School of Social Work
Kim Jones
Living with Purpose
Lauren Kempton
Casa de Salud
Missy Kruse-McKeown
Missouri Department of Corrections
Michael Mancini
Saint Louis University School of Social Work
Fredric Metzger
Veterans Administration
Anne Milne
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
Robyn Peyton
Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of St. Charles County
Amy Phillips
COMTREA
Julia Pickup
Lutheran Family & Children’s Services of Missouri
Lisa Potts
St. Louis Mental Health Board
Det. melody Quinn
St. Louis County Police Department
Heather Richardson
NAMI St. Louis
Marcel Scaife
MFFH
Analee Scandrett
Queen of Peace Center
Laura Shapiro
BJC Behavioral Health
Rodney Strong
CentrePoint
Hon. James Sullivan
22nd Circuit Court
Jill Taylor
Family Health Care Centers
Emily Vandas
St. Louis Regional Health Commission
Jim Wallace
Chestnut Health
Patrick Wirthlin
Certified Missouri Peer Specialist
Youth and Young Adult Services
Advisory Board
YYASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target youth and their caregivers, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, parents, advocates, juvenile justice, law enforcement, funders, schools, children and family services, and others involved in the treatment, care, and recovery of children with behavioral health issues.
Annie Foncannon, Chair
Executive Director
Dani Wilson, Co-Chair
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Skyla Barlow
St. Louis County Dept. of Public Health
Cathi Bornhop
FACT St. Charles
Christina Brimm
Legal Services of Eastern MO
Jaclyn Brown
Jefferson County Health Department
Roni Cowley
22nd Judicial Circuit
Jerry Dunn
Children's Advocacy Services of St. Louis
Marcia Ford
Brown School, Washington University
Latosha Fowlkes
The Core Collective
Rick Gaines
St. Louis Family Court
Katie Heiden-Rootes
SLU Trans Wellness Clinic
Lynelle Hinden
iFM Community Medicine
Lindsay Jeffries
Lutheran Family and Children's Services
Mike Lamping
Places for People
Andrew Loiterstein
NAMI St. Louis
Elizabeth Makulec
Kids Under 21 (KUTO)
Karen Martin
Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
Presley Menendez
PreventED
Thomas Mennerick
St. Louis County Children's Service Fund
Laura Miller
Preferred Family Healthcare
Carmenlita Montgomery
Vision for Children at Risk
Rochelle Moore
The SPOT
Rene Murph
Consumer/Caregiver/TAY
Jessica Napier
Children's Division
Allen Perkins
SLATE
Hannah Policy
Youth in Need
Poli Rijos
St. Louis Mental Health Board
Traci Smith
Family Adv & Community Training (FACT)
Nancy Spargo
Hermann Center for Child & Family Development
Vicky Walker
Compass
Stephenie Whitaker
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Cheri Winchester
Lincoln County Resource Board
Casey Wisdom
Special School District